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Books for Children by Louisa May Alcott |
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Louisa
May Alcott's timeless classic, based on her own family's experiences, remains
as popular today as it was when it was first published in 1868. |
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Little Women: Dover Evergreen Classic. |
Little Women : Adapted for younger readers |
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Little Women: Classic Starts. (pictured at left)
Little Women: Children's Thrift Classic. |
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Little Men Dover, Paperback. $4.99. (pictured, left). Sterling Classic Starts. Hard cover. $5.95. Abridged and adapted (pictured, right). |
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Jo’s Boys
Dover. Paperback. $3.00. (pictured left). ISBN 42226-7.
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Eight Cousins |
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A staff favorite, this lesser-known work focuses on Rose Campbell's experiences growing up with her seven male cousins and her unconventional Uncle Alec. Dover. Paperback. $4.95 (pictured at left). |
Rose in Bloom |
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The encounters of a country girl with city life, and her
struggle to maintain her "old-fashioned" values in a modern world. Dover. Paperback. $5.95. (pictured at left). |
Ideals. Hardcover. $14.99. |
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Books for Adults by Louisa May Alcott (novels) |
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Applewood Books. Paperback. $7.95. ISBN 978-0-91822278-7. |
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The story of a young woman, Christie, who hires herself out as a servant to a wealthy family, and her trials as she tries to make her way in the world. Somewhat of a forum for Louisa's views on social reform, this book contains strong themes of women's rights, social justice, and community. Penguin. Paperback. $17.00. ISBN 014-0390-91-X.
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A young woman is caught in a love triangle when she realizes she's married the wrong man. The two men are modeled on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, and the woman on Louisa. Rutgers University Press. Paperback. $25.95 ISBN 0-8135-1670-6. |
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The Inheritance Recently re-discovered in manuscript form, this book has been called Louisa's "first" novel, written when she was seventeen years old. It tells the story of Edith Adelon, a poor orphan who finds family and fortune in the most unlikely of places. Penguin. Paperback. $15.00 ISBN 0-14-043666-2. See also The Inheritance DVD, with a free music CD. |
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| Books for Adults by Louisa May Alcott (anthologies) | |
| Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War | |
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With an introduction by Jan Turnquist, Director of Orchard House. For the first time, Louisa May Alcott's Civil War stories are published in a single collection. During the war she worked with home front relief organizations, served as an Army nurse, and wrote stories for popular journals such as Commonwealth and Atlantic Monthly. Includes the full text of Hospital Sketches, nine short stories, and excerpts from her Civil War journals. Independent Publishers Group. Paperback. $17.95. ISBN 1889020109 |
Alternative Alcott |
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Edited and with an introduction by Elaine Showalter Rutgers University Press. Paperback. $23.95. ISBN 08135-1272-7 |
Louisa May Alcott on Race, Sex, and Slavery |
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Edited and with an introduction by Sarah Elbert. A collection of Louisa May Alcott's thoughts on controversial issues as shown through her fiction. University Press of New England. Paperback. $18.95. ISBN 1-5555-33078
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Edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Lennox Keyser. A collection of short stories and novel excerpts. University of Chicago Press. Paperback. $18.00 ISBN 080499068. |
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The Portable Louisa May Alcott |
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Edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Lennox Keyser. Selected short fiction and letters; excerpts from novels and journals. Includes the full text of Moods and Transcendental Wild Oats. Penguin. Paperback. $20.00 ISBN 140-275746. |
Anders Literary Group (Eggman). Paperback. $6.95. ISBN 1886371-21-0. |
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Novels for Adults about Louisa May Alcott and her contemporaries |
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by Kit Bakke David R. Godine. Hardcover. $19.95 ISBN 1-56792-311-9. |
Louisa and the Country Bachelor |
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by Anna Maclean The second of the “Louisa May Alcott Mysteries” by Anna Maclean (aka Jeanne Mackin). Set in 1855, with the Alcotts in Walpole, New Hampshire, the story has our inquisitive young writer embarking on a tangled trek to investigate the suspicious circumstances of a young Dutchman’s murder. Penguin (Signet). Paperback. $5.99 ISBN 0-451-21471-4. |
Louisa and the Missing Heiress |
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by Anna Maclean Louisa is cast in the role of amateur sleuth, investigating crimes more heinous than anything she can imagine in her "blood and thunder" romances. First in a series. Penguin (Signet). Paperback. $5.99 ISBN 0-451-21179-0. |
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Little Women, Illustrated Junior Library, illustrations by Louis Jambor. 
Little Women: Penguin Classics. 
Little Women: Vocabulary-Building Classic 
When their parents must leave suddenly in the middle of Thanksgiving preparations, the spirited Bassett children decide to forge ahead with a grand feast despite their limited culinary skills. After a haphazard day involving the use of catnip in stuffing and a run-in with a questionable bear, the whole family is able to reunite for an old-fashioned good time. Lively watercolors bring to life this classic tale from Louisa May Alcott of a Thanksgiving feast that almost wasn't. 
Louisa's fictionalized account of her experiences as "Nurse Tribulation Periwinkle" during
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Civil
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Introduction by Joy S. Kasson
Edited by Sarah Elbert
Edited and with an introduction and notes by Joel Myerson
and Daniel Shealy.
Collection of topically arranged
quotes drawn from the book, showing how its insights appeal to readers
through the ages. 
